How Your Skincare Is Harming Your Hormones
and what to do about it
As a Nutrition Consultant, I talk a lot about what goes IN our body. But today, let’s chat about what to put ON our body.
For many women, cleaning up their personal care products is a crucial step in healing their hormones.
If you are trying to heal your hormones, improve fertility, regulate your cycle naturally, or just feel better in general, you need to start examining the beauty products that you use. Every day, the average woman uses 12 personal care products containing an average of 168 different chemicals (according to the Environmental Working Group).
Unfortunately, many of those chemicals are under-tested and under-regulated, and some are even know to cause harm. The United States has not passed any significant regulation to manage the beauty industry since 1938, which means that only about 30 chemicals total are currently banned or restricted in beauty products (just for context, Europe has banned about 1,400 chemicals). Common ingredients in makeup and skincare include formaldehyde, petroleum, mercury, parabens, and multiple compounds now linked to cancer. YIKES.
But what does this have to do with your hormones?
Toxic exposure can interfere with the way hormones are produced and the way that they function, getting in the way of hormones doing their job. Toxic buildup in the body also overwhelms our liver + detoxification system, which is responsible for detoxing excess hormones. If our liver is occupied with toxins, excess hormones build up and wreak havoc, messing with our periods, moods, energy, fertility, and metabolism. DOUBLE YIKES.
Don't stress, queen. I’ve got a solution for you.
Let me tell you why Beautycounter is part of my mission to help women heal their hormones.
The products seriously work. This is high-performing, high-quality skincare with clinically tested ingredients and results.
The products are safe. Beautycounter is EWG Verified (meaning no known toxins are ever used in their products) and they have a list of 1,800 compounds never allowed in their products. I don’t have to spend time researching each individual product that I use- I know that if it comes from Beautycounter, I can trust it!
They are a company with a mission. Beautycounter is currently advocating to make the beauty industry safer for everyone by lobbying congress and proposing legislation to increase the regulation of ingredients.
They make the world a better place. Beautycounter is continuously working to ensure their products are ethically sourced and environmentally friendly. As a Certified B-Corp, they advocate globally for women’s rights, racial justice, breast cancer research, and public health.
this is beauty you can feel good about
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